Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
I don’t know what John Bradley’s goals are as the Chair of the Texas Forensic Science Commission. But if one of them is to dispel the notion that he’s Rick Perry’s stooge, who was installed for the purpose of covering the Governor’s ass on the Cameron Todd Willingham case, then he’s doing it wrong. John Bradley, [...]
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
That's the title of an editorial in today's Houston Chronicle. LINK Try to imagine how the writers and actors of the three popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation dramas on TV would handle this story line: After numerous wrongful convictions of...
Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A new Rasmussen poll (tip to Texas Politics), shows that 26% (of Americans) are not very or not at all concerned about the possibility of the wrong person being executed for a crime. It’s likely that number goes down when someone in that 26 percentile gets indicted for a crime the didn’t commit. But it’s [...]
The Islamic Workplace (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
NPR News Nov 11, 2009 Deeply Troubling, Schizoid Behavior When a group of key officials gathered in the spring of 2008 for their monthly meeting in a Bethesda, Md., office, one of the leading — and most perplexing — items on their agenda was: What should we do about Hasan? Hasan had been a trouble spot on [...]
Racine Post (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Stella Supiano holds photos of herself and her deceased husband; he was a Marine during WWII and she was a WAC Dick Roloff, a volunteer at St. Monica's Senior Citizens Home, sent us these pictures from the Veteran's Day program held yesterday at the assisted living center, 3920 Green Bay Rd. The program honored the 19 veterans now living at St. Monica's, as well as all veterans. The Agerholm-Gross...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Elise Hu's Texas Tribune coverage of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, noted in this post, picked up differences between former Forensic Science Commission Chair Sam Bassett and the new Chair, John Bradley. Those differences have increased dramatically since the hearing....
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Source: Google News Alert Service, November 11, 2009. NEWS: Los Angeles Times Death penalty is considered a boon by some California inmates Los Angeles Times Laurie Levenson, a former prosecutor now teaching criminal law at Loyola Law School, said Johnson is probably correct in gauging that he'll be better off on ... See all stories on this topic A day of remembrance Rutland Herald Dr. Thomas Simpatico,...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
When I posted a roundup of reporting and commentary on the Senate hearing chaired by State Sen. John Whitmire to inquire with John Bradley about the status of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, Scott Henson hadn’t yet posted his thoughts. He has now done so, and it’s well worth your time to read.
Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Is this a joke? DeMint, Coburn, Hutchinson, Brownback introduce term limits constitutional amendment. It’s has several punch lines. Of course term limits were part of the GOP’s contract on America back in ‘94, and once those GOP term limit proponents got into power the issue went away. And, of course, Hutchison has had her [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
From a press release from NPR: NPR NEWS REPORTS: WALTER REED AND USUHS OFFICIALS DISCUSSED WHETHER NIDAL HASAN WAS “PSYCHOTIC” DURING SERIES OF MEETINGS BEGINNING IN 2008 November 11, 2009; Washington, D.C. - NPR News has learned that key officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) held a series of meetings and conversations...
Grits for Breakfast (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Blogs play different roles in different types of news stories. Frequently Grits covers topics that receive very little attention from the press, in which case simply reporting what goes on provides a meaningful service. But some stories, like Gov. Rick Perry's replacement of the Texas' Forensic Science Commission chairman with Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, take on a media life of...
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Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Former Texas Forensic Science Commission Chairman Sam Bassett responded today to current Chairman John Bradley's contention that rules need to be put into place before the panel can finish its investigation of the arson science used to convict Cameron Todd...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
That's the title of Rick Casey's column in today's Houston Chronicle. LINK Gov. Rick Perry made a brilliant choice in John Bradley to head the Texas Forensic Science Commission — at least for his own purposes. But after a two-hour...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
You can watch streaming video of yesterday's Texas Senate Criminal Justice hearing on the Forensic Science Commission here. Following the hearing, Senator Rodney Ellis held a news conference with Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck. It's also available in streaming video,...
En Tequila Es Verdad (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I'm having a heart-attack from not surprised : The Texas prosecutor appointed by Governor Rick Perry to chair a state forensics commission won't say when, if ever, his panel will hear from an arson expert who had been scheduled to testify about a flawed arson investigation that may have led to the death of an innocent man. Asked, during a state Senate hearing, about when the Texas Forensic Science...
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